How to Cook Yummy Easy Minestrone Soup

Easy Minestrone Soup. Minestrone soup was never so easy as with this recipe that calls for ingredients typically on-hand; a great weeknight meal! Use leftover marinara for a head start on this yummy, veggie-packed soup. It's perfect with a sandwich on a chilly day, or with a crusty garlic bread and simple salad on a busy night.

The soup will thicken on standing, as the pasta will continue to absorb the stock. Simply add a little extra stock or water when reheating to thin the soup out. This easy minestrone soup both freezes and reheats well, and the recipe is easily doubled if you are feeding a crowd or want extras for another meal. You can cook Easy Minestrone Soup using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Easy Minestrone Soup

1. Prepare 1 lb of ground beef cooked,in frying pan, drain grease from ground beef, set aside.
2. Prepare 1 can of 14.5 oz diced tomatos.
3. You need 1 can of 15. oz kindey beans.
4. It's 1 can of 14.5 green beans.
5. You need 1 can of tomato paste 6 .oz.
6. It's 1 can of 15.oz carrots.
7. Prepare 2 cup of beef stock.
8. It's 8 cup of water.
9. It's 1 cup of bowl tie pasta.
10. Prepare 1 cup of minestrone pasta.
11. You need of seasonings.
12. Prepare 1 large of onion diced.
13. It's 2 of garlic cloves chopped finely.
14. You need 2 tsp of basil.
15. You need 2 tsp of a parsley.
16. Prepare 1 of half teaspoon of oregano.
17. Prepare 1/2 of a teasp thyme.
18. You need 1 tsp of of salt and pepper each.

Jump to Picture Recipe; Jump to Printable Recipe; If you're looking for a quick and easy minestrone soup recipe that's packed full of flavour and goodness, you're in exactly the right place! This Minestrone Soup is an easy vegan homemade soup recipe made with healthy fresh vegetables and hearty beans. It's easy to make and perfect as a comforting meal for busy weeknights. Pancetta (optional) - since minestrone is a vegetable soup it's a perfect meal for lent.

Easy Minestrone Soup instructions

1. fried ground beef,.
2. in a large pot put 8 cups of water to a boil.
3. add all seasonings and to the large pot, of boiling water.
4. add ground beef , that is cooked. now I add pasta, add can vegetables and beans and tomato paste and diced tomatoes , add the Beef stock, everything should be in the pot.
5. keep at a boil for 8 to 10 minutes, now reduce heat ,cover pot for at least 8 minutes Simer, turn off stove, covered don't open 15 minutes. now time to eat best with cornbread..

So pancetta, guanciale or lard cut in cubes is completely optional, but it gives an incredible rich, intense flavor to the veggies as if they were cooked in meat stock (which by the way is also an option). I like freezing my soups in smaller mason jars, that way I can reheat individual portions as needed. Can I Use Another Type of Pasta? Yes, any short, sturdy pasta should work in this minestrone soup recipe. Avoid long, thin pastas like spaghetti.